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+package gui
+
+import "strconv"
+// import "fmt"
+
+/*
+	generic function to create a new node on the binary tree
+*/
+func (n *Node) New(title string) *Node {
+	var newN *Node
+
+	newN = addNode(title, n.Width, n.Height)
+
+	n.Append(newN)
+	newN.parent = n
+	return newN
+}
+
+/*
+	raw create function for a new node struct
+*/
+func addNode(title string, w int, h int) *Node {
+	var n Node
+	n.Name = title
+	n.Width = w
+	n.Height = h
+
+	id := Config.prefix + strconv.Itoa(Config.counter)
+	Config.counter += 1
+	n.id = id
+	/*
+	if (Data.NodeMap[title] != nil) {
+		panic(fmt.Sprintf("Duplicate window name = %s\n", title))
+	} else {
+		Data.NodeMap[title] = &n
+	}
+	*/
+
+	return &n
+}